Indian Grandmasters Koneru Humpy, R Praggnanandhaa, and Vaishali Rameshbabu are set to compete in the 12th edition of the prestigious Norway Chess tournament. The tournament is scheduled to take place from May 27 to June 7 at SR-Bank’s main building in Stavanger, Norway.
The event will feature World No.1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway), World No.3 Hikaru Nakamura (USA), current World Champion Ding Liren (China), Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun (China), and Lei Tingjie (China) among others. The tournament annually extends invitations to top Grandmasters from the world rating list.
This year, Norway Chess has introduced the world’s first-ever equal-female tournament. The Norway Chess Women’s Tournament will be held in the same hall concurrently, with the same number of players as the men’s, and will have the same format and an equivalent prize fund.
The brother-sister duo of Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali in action
In this landmark edition, the brother-sister duo of Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali will make their debut in the Norway Chess and the Norway Chess Women’s Tournament respectively. Praggnanandhaa is only the second Indian to reach the final of the FIDE Chess World Cup, while Vaishali is the third woman in India to achieve the Grandmaster title. Both are the first brother-sister duo to earn this distinction.
Indian Grandmasters Koneru Humpy, Vaishali Rameshbabu and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu are set to compete in the 12th edition of the prestigious Norway Chess scheduled to take place from 27 May to 7 June at SR-Bank’s main building in Stavanger, Norway.
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Notably, Praggnanandhaa was the winner of the 2022 Norway Chess International Open Tournament. He remained unbeaten throughout the nine rounds, recording 7.5 points to clinch the title.
Koneru Humpy, the current World No.2 in the women’s category and India’s No.1 woman chess player who won the FIDE Women’s rapid chess championship in 2019 will be vying for top honours at the inaugural Norway Chess Women’s Tournament.
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